Short trips with undersized spare

[jaydez]

I recently upgraded to 256/70R17 and haven't gotten around to getting a spare in the same size. I had to put my spare on today and limp back home. The spare is a 245/65R17. I could tell my truck didn't like having 1 tire smaller. I had to drive about 7 miles and kept the speed under 35 MPH. Could this have caused any damage to my Auto 4wd?

I'm taking the spare to get a used 265/70R17 tomorrow though so I can at least drive my truck.

 

[coghij1]

Hopefully not. You could always pull the fuse that turns on the 4x4 auto next time and put the spare on one of the fronts. I don't remember which fuse that was though.

 

[Teejay4490]

id def move it to the front

 

[Maxstealth04]

That is why you take care of that situation before hand, or I would have called a tow truck, your insurance should pay/ cover a tow.

 

[jaydez]

That is why you take care of that situation before hand, or I would have called a tow truck, your insurance should pay/ cover a tow.

Yeah, i know. this is the first flat I've ever gotten in 16 years of driving.

 

[Maxstealth04]

DAMN!! That is a long time to never get a flat.

 

[College Student]

time for the bwm and truthfully when i had a mini blowout, i actually could feel the auto engaging and disingaging which scared me so in order to make it to the nearest parking lot, idk a half mile away i just turned on 4x4 that way auto cant chew u the gears all that will happen is i chew up a bit of tire instead, which are much cheaper than a transfer case rebuild